I saw frost in shady lawn this a.m., but coleus, cosmos, dahlias all look fine. Just that one spot, I guess.
Light First Frost of Autumn 2009
September 19, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Tweets, WeatherAbout the Author
Now, the digging and dividing of perennials, the general autumn cleanup and the planting of spring bulbs are all an act of faith. One carries on before the altar of delayed gratification, until the ground freezes and you can’t do any more other than refill the bird feeder and gaze through the window, waiting for the snow. . . . Meanwhile, it helps to think of yourself as a pear tree or a tulip. You will blossom spectacularly in the spring, but only after the required period of chilling.
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Wait, how can the writer of cold climate gardening be talking about the first frost in November when we hit 16 degrees a month ago? I should change my blog name to uber-super-duper-crazy-cold gardening! I’m glad you get to enjoy your dahlias longer, though.
I wrote the tweet above on September 19, 2009. That’s when we had our first frost. But even though we had our first snow in October, our coldest temp so far has “only” gotten down to 21F. So, yes, you’ve gotten colder. I have to say it’s a contest I don’t mind losing.
There will be more flowers to be seen in the farm because of the cold weather. I am excited.
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We had cold weather all last week with nightime temps in the 40s and even down to 38. then we were warned about a killing frost, but it got WARMER. Hooray.
Got worried Saturday morning when I awoke to see 34F registered on the thermometer here in the Southern Tier of Western New York. There were no frost warnings posted on the previous night. Fortunately, no harm to the garden as the air has been just so dry (last rain was 20+ days ago). Unseasonably warm for the last two weeks during the day and looks to continue for at least the coming week (75 to 80F) . We badly need rain, however. Slight chance in the next couple of days.
It was very cold in Owen Sound, Ontario Saturday night, very light frost in a couple of low lying spots. I just started harvesting tomatoes and I hope a hard frost will hold off a bit longer.
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Picked a bunch of basil and made pesto last night, just in case. But the basil I didn’t get around to picking looked OK this morning. Just a little white grass in the low spots.
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It all depends on location with these light frosts. Some years we never get a light frost, the very first one is a hard frost.
When I hear these comments, I’m glad I’m in Florida! It was 92 degrees, BUT I’d be happier with the steady 70’s though!!